US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History
US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History
This page is overview of the US History timeline & concept charts
- which are designed for bulleted study of US History based on timeline of dates, events, periods, and people
Objectives:
- to help students to
- associate timelines with events, persons, themes & concepts
- associate presidents with timelines, themes & concepts
- identify timelines with BIG IDEAS across periods of US history
- find connections and common themes across US history
- easily find relevant details for larger comprehension
- to help teachers to
- quickly review US History content for lesson planning
- provide students with easy and complete reference source for US history
Click EXPAND for a note for mobile phone users
- these timeline & concept charts use tables in order to connect ideas, timelines, and major concepts
- tables are not mobile-friendly (they do not wrap to a single column)
- when these charts are complete, we will in the future convert the charts to mobile-friendly format as an alternative file
- we encourage you to use a tablet or larger monitor in order to see the charts here
Index
Page structure & format guide
U.S. History course pages:
Concept & themes chart objectives
Develop timeline & periods awareness
- timeline awareness develops ability to recall events and persons more readily
- periods awareness develops ability to draw connections across US history
Thematic overview of US history
- theme-based learning develops ability to connect and assess different periods
- theme-based learning develops conceptual skills and awareness
Understanding & connecting historical times, persons, places, and events in US history
- thematic and periodization helps US History students:
- relevancy and connections across all periods of US history
- content retention
- causal and conceptual understanding
- AP US History (APUSH) test is based upon primary source documents
- success on the test includes ability to:
- identify time, theme, and issue based upon a date
- connect, compare & contrast similar periods to primary source documents
- see also
Periods, timeline, and major concepts
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BIG IDEAS
Causality
Connections
Core issues & themes in US history
Constitutionalism
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"the American Experience"
Cognitive dissonance in the American experience
European colonialism
click EXPAND for chart of types/ purposes of colonial charters/ establishment
Push-pull factorsPush factors from England
Push factors to American colonies
American colonial self-identity as British citizens
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Founding documents & political philosophies
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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Timeline
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BIG IDEAS
Democracy
Republic
Natural Law
Self-rule
Private v public lives of Americans
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English civil law & rightsMonarchy & parliament
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights, 1689
Common law
Enlightenment ideas
Declaration of Independence
Faction, dissent & minority rights
Madison's Federalist no. 10
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Electoral College
Self-governance/ self-government
Conditions for self-governance
Democratic spirit
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Cultural, social & political intersections
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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BIG IDEAS |
Native American - colonial interactions
slavery
"frontier" western expansion
religious awakenings
politics & democracy
reform movements
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Major wars causes & effects
PERIOD / TIMELINE | War | Causes | Effects |
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French-Indian War 1754-1760 (1763 in Europe) | westward colonial expansion | end of salutary neglect |
Political parties & ideological alignments
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Democratic Party & origins | Other movements | Republican Party & origins | |
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Economic concepts & themes
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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BIG IDEAS
18th century colonial economies & trade up to 1763
17th century colonial economies & trade after French-Indian War (1763)
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economics
panics, recessions, depressions
to do/ sort
distance and time
land grants act 1850s overseas wars foreign involvement nicauragia wwi cold war women's rights in west b/c of fewer women in the population
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British colonial & US territorial expansion & treaties
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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1763 Treaty of Paris
1783 Treaty of Paris
1791 Vermont Republic
1802 Louisiana Purchase
1815 Treaty of Ghent
1818 Treaty of 1818
1819 Adams-Onis Treaty
1842 Webster–Ashburton Treaty
1846 Oregon Treaty
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1853 Gadsden Purchase
1867 Alaska Purchase
1898 Treaty of Paris
1898 Annexation of Hawaii
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BIG IDEAS What does it MEAN?
Push & pull factors
Colonial expansion
Exploration, fur trade, land
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Manifest Destiny
Civil War impact
Impact of technologies
Overseas expansion & acquisitions
Expansion via acquisition from European powers
Expansion via acquisition or war with Native Americans
Twentieth Century US overseas interventions
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British colonial expansion
US territorial expansion
Acquisition or takeover of Native American lands
Pacific Island and other acquisitions
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